United Refrigerator Co. v. Gershel
United Refrigerator Co. v. Gershel
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff, United Refrigerator Company (United), appeals from so much of the judgment entered in plaintiff’s favor for $3,583.50 [sic] as fails to provide that plaintiff is entitled to body execution and an order of arrest and imprisonment.
The complaint alleged embezzlement and wrongful conversion of $3,583.50 and demanded judgment, if this sum were not paid, that defendants be arrested and imprisoned as provided by law. After a trial before the court without a jury, judgment was granted for $3,583.50.
Two statutes relating to the question in issue, and still in good standing
Plaintiff here did not cause the defendants to be arrested during the action. Judgment has now been obtained and execution remains unsatisfied. Section 764 and not section 826 prescribes the proper procedure, namely, an application upon affidavit stating the nature of the action, the right to execution, the amount of the judgment, the amount unpaid and the time when and the place where the judgment has been returned wholly or partially unsatisfied. When these facts are presented the court may grant such relief, if any, under section 764 as in its discretion may be justified under the circumstances. There was no occasion to incorporate any relief obtainable under section 826 in the judgment. Paragraph 5 of the Conclusions.- of Law is stricken. The judgment otherwise is affirmed.
. In the trial court’s decision an offset of $200 is allowed, making the judgment $3,383.50.
. “§ 826. Right to arrest depending upon the nature of the action.
“A defendant may be arrested in an action, as provided in this and the next article, where the action is brought for either of the following causes:
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“3. To recover damages for an injury to property, including the wrongful taking, detention or conversion of personal property.”
. “§ 764. Issuance of execution against the person generally.
“Subject to the exception specified in the next section, an execution against the person of a judgment debtor may be issued by the court or a judge or justice thereof, upon application by the judgment creditor, in a case where the judgment can be enforced by execution, as prescribed by section five hundred and four of this act, and where the plaintiffs right to arrest the defendant depends upon the nature of the action. The issuance of the execution shall rest in the discretion of such court, judge or justice. The application for the issuance of the execution may be made without notice, or with such notice as the court, judge or justice may direct, and shall be made by affidavit which shall set forth in detail the right of the party to the execution, the amount of the judgment, the amount unpaid, and the time when and place where the execution against the judgment debtor’s personal property has been returned wholly or partially unsatisfied.”
Reference
- Full Case Name
- UNITED REFRIGERATOR COMPANY v. Stanley GERSHEL and Arthur Gershel, individually and as co-partners doing business as Food Plan of America, Defendants-Respondents
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- Published